When the Governor’s Cup started the season, we knew it would have lasting ramifications for the season, but we didn’t realize truly how important it was until the game was moved to the season finale. For the second year in a row, a Governor’s Cup win will give Kentucky a bowl birth. It will not come easy. Kentucky’s second half of the season might be even more disastrous than the second half of last year’s, with only a win over the dismal Charlotte since heading into the Thursday Night Showdown with Auburn.
Louisville started sluggish, but has found a way to become bowl eligible.